Share market update: Auto shares in the green; MRF up 2%

NEW DELHI: Auto shares were trading in the green in Thursday's morning session.

Shares of MRF (up 1.9 per cent), Bosch (up 1.4 per cent), Apollo Tyres (up 1.18 per cent), Amara Raja Batteries (up 1.17 per cent), Maruti Suzuki (up 1.07 per cent), Mahindra & Mahindra (up 0.88 per cent), TVS Motor Company (up 0.62 per cent), Ashok Leyland (up 0.47 per cent), Motherson Sumi Systems (up 0.4 per cent), Tata Motors (up 0.38 per cent), Bharat Forge (up 0.22 per cent) and Hero MotoCorp (up 0.05 per cent) were among the top gainers.

The Nifty Auto index was trading 0.62 per cent up at 8219.7 around 09:47 am.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 59.95 points at 12166.85 , while the BSE Sensex was up 234.34 points at 41349.72 .

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 34 were trading in the green, while 15 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, RBL Bank Ltd., Axis Bank, Zee Ent., Tata Motors, SBI, Indian Oil Corp and GMR Infra were among the most traded shares on the NSE.